Michelman will highlight its versatile line of water-based Michem Flex primers and coatings formulated specifically for converters of flexible packaging substrates at the Global Pouch Forum from June 13-15, 2018, in Miami, Florida.
Butler Automatic has expanded its product development and marketing teams. Dan Dalessio joined Butler as a product development engineer, while Amanda Estey has been named marketing coordinator.
Given the U.S. Department of Commerce’s recent decision to impose tariffs on aluminum foil imported from China, Toray Plastics anticipates that end users will want to substitute foil with metallized films at an even greater rate.
The 2018 Converters Expo held on April 18 in the heart of the “converting corridor” in the Lambeau Field atrium advanced the Expo’s reputation while exhibitors touted their own manufacturing advances.
Maxcess’ MAGPOWR division has released three new tension amplifiers with advanced networking capabilities: the DLCA NET, DLCA NET-Slim and DLCA NET-IP65.
Rapak North America, a business unit of DS Smith Plastics and market leader in bag-in-box packaging and filling systems, has announced that two of its U.S. facilities have achieved scores of 98 out of 100 points on the SQF Edition 8.0 certification audits.
A new study conducted by Pregis and the University of Wisconsin (UW) in Madison shows that the value perception of e-commerce shipments is significantly impacted by the materials chosen to protect them. Even a small increase in packaging material expenditures—as little as 19 cents—can make a dramatic impact (as much as 45 percent) on the perceived value.
The sachet market is continuing to heat up. According to Stratistics MRC, the global sachet market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.8 percent from 2017 to 2023, with the most popular pack sizes being the single-serve 1-10 milliliter variety.
Graham Lambert has joined Pamarco Europe as technical sales manager. Lambert has spent more than 20 years in the flexographic printing industry in many different roles.
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